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A review by leslie_d
My Heart Fills with Happiness / Sâkaskinêw Nitêh Miywêyihtamowin Ohci by Monique Gray Smith
5.0
“My heart fills with happiness when…” the picture book begins. Each double-page following finishes the sentence three times before beginning the sentence over. Flett’s accompanying image may appear deceptively simple to some, but you’ll notice the ladybugs and butterflies also spreading their wings in the sun; the frog also walking barefoot in the grass.
On the next to last page, you are asked “What fills OUR heart with happiness?”
Guess what is on the last page? A Narwhal!! How did they know?!
My Heart Fills with Happiness is a marvelous opportunity to lists those things that fills our heart with happiness. It is also a marvelous opportunity to see “I dance” accompanying a young girl in cultural dress; “I listen to stories” from an elder; and “I drum” with an indigenous drum.
You’ll be able to find a board book version that is not bilingual, but the bilingual paperback isn’t large and it is sturdy enough for laptime—and it is less expensive!
https://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/flett-x2/
On the next to last page, you are asked “What fills OUR heart with happiness?”
Guess what is on the last page? A Narwhal!! How did they know?!
My Heart Fills with Happiness is a marvelous opportunity to lists those things that fills our heart with happiness. It is also a marvelous opportunity to see “I dance” accompanying a young girl in cultural dress; “I listen to stories” from an elder; and “I drum” with an indigenous drum.
You’ll be able to find a board book version that is not bilingual, but the bilingual paperback isn’t large and it is sturdy enough for laptime—and it is less expensive!
https://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/flett-x2/